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Eleven sheets of plans and estimates for works at Berry Head, Tor Bay, Devon, as...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/400
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This record is about the Eleven sheets of plans and estimates for works at Berry Head, Tor Bay, Devon, as... dating from [?1803] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPH 1/400
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Date (When the record was created)
- [?1803]
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Eleven sheets of plans and estimates for works at Berry Head, Tor Bay, Devon, as projected by the Duke of Richmond. (1, 2) Estimate of expense of completing the works. (3, 4) Estimate of expense of erecting a couvre-port. (5) Plan of the works with couvre port and without demi-bastion. Scale: 1 inch to 200 feet. 37 cm x 50.8 cm. (6) General plan of the works. Scale: 1 inch to 200 feet. 37.8 cm x 50.8 cm. (7) Plan of the works, with plan and section of couvre port. Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet; couvre port 1 inch to 20 feet. 42.7 cm x 54.4 cm. (8) Plan of the Duke of Richmond's casemates in the flank of the demi-bastion. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. 41 cm x 50 cm. (9) Sections through the Duke of Richmond's casemates in the flank of the demi-bastion. Scale: 1 inch to 5 feet. 54.4 cm x 43.4 cm. (10) Plan of casemates in the flank of the demi-bastion, with a more constricted passage. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. 41 cm x 50 cm. (11) Section through casemates in the flank of the demi-bastion, with a more constricted passage. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. 56 cm x 44.2 cm.
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See also MPH 1/381
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1524
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 2097
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562207/
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